A long-term population-based clinical and morbidity review of Prader-Willi syndrome in Western Australia

Journal of Intellectual Disability Research

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 69-78

  Thomson, Allyson K ^a   Glasson, E J ^a,b   Bittles, A H ^a  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ageing; Genomic imprinting; Intellectual disability; Morbidity; Prader Willi syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; AUSTRALIA; BIRTH; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONVULSION; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA METHYLATION; EPILEPSY; FEEDING DISORDER; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANCY; INFANT; INFORMATION SYSTEM; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRADER WILLI SYNDROME; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; TOOTH DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRADER-WILLI SYNDROME; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 33645918584     PISSN: 09642633     EISSN: 13652788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2788.2005.00770.x     Document Type: Review

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